HNoMS Storm

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Several ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Storm:

HNoMS Storm (1898) was a 1.-class torpedo boat launched in 1898 and wrecked by grounding in 1940.
HNoMS Storm (P960) was a Storm-class fast patrol boat completed on 31 May 1963
HNoMS Storm (1967) was a Storm-class fast patrol boat launched on 6 October 1967 and completed on 28 November 1967.^[1]
HNoMS Storm (P961) is a Skjold-class patrol boat launched on 1 November 2006.

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The Hauk-class patrol boats were a series of Norwegian fast attack craft. Hauk means hawk in Norwegian. They were ordered in the 1970s and the first boat, Hauk, was commissioned on 17 August 1977. Designed as a development of the Storm and Snøgg classes, by Lieutenant commander Harald Henriksen, the 14 Hauk-class vessels made up the Coastal Combat Flotilla, responsible for protecting the rugged coastline of Norway. The ships were modernized frequently and in their later form were known as "Super-Hauks." The Royal Norwegian Navy deployed four of these warships for anti-terror patrol in the Strait of Gibraltar.

The Snøgg class was a Royal Norwegian Navy class of fast patrol boats (FPB). It might also be classified as a torpedo boat or a missile boat. In Norway this type of vessel is called a missile torpedo boat (MTB). The class was named after its lead vessel, Snøgg, which is a Norwegian word meaning "fast". All of the subsequent names are synonyms of "fast".

Two Royal Norwegian Navy ships and a class of patrol boats have been named Rapp, meaning quick.

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Two Royal Norwegian Navy patrol boats have been named Rask (quick).

Two Royal Norwegian Navy patrol boats have been named Snar (quick).

HNoMS Sæl was the penultimate vessel of the ten 1. class torpedo boats of the Royal Norwegian Navy. She was built at the Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard in Horten in 1901, with yard number 85. She was to see close to 40 years service with the Royal Norwegian Navy, taking part in the preparations for war in connection with the dissolution the union with Sweden in 1905, enforcing Norwegian neutrality during the First World War and opposing the German invasion of Norway in 1940. She was lost in battle with Kriegsmarine vessels at Ånuglo in the Hardangerfjord on 18 April 1940.

HNoMS Utstein is a series of three submarines operated by the Royal Norwegian Navy. They were named after this historic Utstein Abbey which is located on the island of Klosterøy in Rennesøy, Norway. The three submarines that have borne this name are:

Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Garm, after the Ragnarök hound Garmr:

Three ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Thor or Tor, after the Norse god of thunder Thor:

Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Trygg. Trygg is Norwegian for safe, secure, dependable:

Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Stegg. Stegg is the Norwegian term for the male grouse.:

Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Tjeld or Kjell, after the Eurasian oystercatcher:

Three ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Sel or Sæl, after the Pinniped:

Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Kvikk or Kvik, after the Norwegian word for agile, deft, fast, jaunty, nimble, quick, quickly, rapid, sharp, slippery, vivacious:

Several ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Brann or Brand :

HNoMS Nasty was a fast attack craft of the Royal Norwegian Navy, built as a private venture by Westermoen Båtbyggeri of Mandal, Norway. Designed by Jan Herman Linge she was an experimental craft, of wooden hull construction, launched in 1958. Nasty served with the Royal Norwegian Navy and was the prototype for the navies Tjeld class patrol boats. Boats to Nasty's design were also built for the US and German navies. Nasty was stricken in 1967.

References

↑ "Storm (6126114)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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[1] "Storm (6126114)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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